USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
A history of the USS Massachusetts and those who served on her.
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Book details
- Author
- Turner Publishing
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topics
- U.S. Navy · naval history · World War II · battleships · military photographs · ship history
- ISBN-13
- 9781563112638 (Hardcover)9781681624310 (Paperback)
About the authors
EDWARD WALLACE PALMER served in the United States Navy beginning February 13, 1942, aboard the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59), keeping a firsthand log of events including the Naval Battle of Casablanca in 1942. He is a contributor to USS Massachusetts (BB-59).
Palmer was a leading figure in the campaign to preserve the USS Massachusetts as a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. He contributed the files of the ship’s newsletter, the Bay Stater, and photographs he had taken to the volume.
He was born on September 24, 1917.
CAPTAIN RICHARD H. BOWERMAN served in the 4th and L Divisions aboard the USS Massachusetts (BB-59) during World War II. He is the author of the opening chapter on Massachusetts warships in USS Massachusetts (BB-59), and also wrote the volume’s foreword, suggested the dedication and prologue, and wrote the acknowledgements.